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On 4/10/2012 6:01 AM, Mike Hart wrote:
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serif; font-size: 12pt;">I completely agree that for anyone
on this list, getting any text onto an e-reader is trivial.
However, 99.9% of the world does not have that knowledge,
and getting homework, or Bible texts, onto a Kobo e-ink
slate is beyond their competence. Which is why, again,
Crosswire should be so much more than sword. Things that
are too easy to worry about here are unknown or impossible
for someone who knows 5 people using a kindle e-ink device
that speak Chinese, leaving for the homeland in 2 weeks, and
the discussion about Christ got to a point they would
consider transporting a ZH text back with them. <br>
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A lot of people can't use anything until it shows up in their start
menu. Even if they could download a file they would not know where
to find the directory with the file that was downloaded. I used to
support texts for downloading that were in TXT and DOC formats. It
was amazing how many people couldn't figure out what to do with them
once they downloaded them. That was in the DOS days but I still deal
with people that don't have a clue. There is only so much that can
be done in this regard. <br>
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I like the idea of getting a program on the start menu which will
lead them to the modules on their computers and on the net without
them having to worry about what the web sites look like. Of course
they still have to be able to get that program on the start menu.
The job of presenting modules for downloading then goes to the front
end developers. The alternative is to be something like CCEL.org.
CCEL is a text library. To my knowledge Crosswire is not a text
library. It is a software and software module library. A distinction
that the end user should not have to be much concerned about, but
that does not mean it works for people not using supported software
or devices. <br>
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Jerry<br>
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